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Climate change leading to frequency of fish mass extinctions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Arkansas [US], August 27 (ANI): The frequency of fish die-offs, or mass mortality events, has increased as the planet's climate has warmed. These die-offs can have serious consequences for ecosystem function, endanger existing fish populations, and reduce global food supply. And the frequenc
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Chhattisgarh CM suggests MNREGA scheme for urban areas with less than 20,0
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday suggested that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) should be implemented in rural areas located near cities and cities with a population of less than 20 thousand.
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Researchers trace source of nitrogen pollution affecting world's second-la
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): Tropical coastal ecosystems are among the most biodiverse areas on Earth. And they're also on the front lines of effects caused by human activity. That's why it's becoming increasingly important, especially as human populations increase, to manage the impacts
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Study finds weak handgrip strength may indicate major health problems
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Austria [Vienna], July 25 (ANI): By testing handgrip strength, one may rapidly and easily determine muscle strength, a significant predictor of death. Researchers created cut-off values for the general population in a recent study, taking into account the relationship between handgrip streng
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Mukteshwari "Mukti" Bosco receives 2022 Roux Prize
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], July 18 (ANI/PR Newswire): The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington today announced Mukteshwari "Mukti" Bosco, CEO and Founder of Healing Fields Foundation, is the recipient of the 2022 Roux Prize, the world's largest a
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Genetic research: Pacific islands yield surprising findings on world's ear
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world's earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the ancestral populations of the people living there today.
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China offers women perks for having babies amid 'severe' demographic crisi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): In a bid to increase its population and further help the country's labour force, China is giving incentives such as tax and housing credits, educational benefits and even cash to encourage women to have more children.
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Neighborhood redlining may increase risk of heart diseases, know more here
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): According to a group of researchers, redlining or the practice of illegal discrimination by a mortgage lender who denies handing out loans, is linked with heart disease and increases risk factors after they were banned. Health disparities have been linked to se
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Study: Dog ancestry traces back to two wolf populations
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): According to the publications in the 'Nature' journal, a recent study conducted by an international team of Francis Crick Institute's archaeologists and geneticists has found that a dog's ancestry can be traced back to at least two prehistoric wolf populations.
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Dogs trace ancestry to two separate wolf populations, study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): According to a new study by an international group of geneticists and archaeologists of the Francis Crick Institute, have discovered that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves. The study revealed the answer to the mos
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Ill-treatment of Uyghurs by China to be investigated: ICC
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): In a radical step, a group of lawyers has knocked on the doors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against China's increasing atrocities toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim populations in the Xinjiang region.
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Study: Elliptical craters shed light on age of Saturn's moons
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): A new study describes how unique populations of craters on two of Saturn's moons could help indicate the satellites' age and the conditions of their formation. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission, researchers have surveyed elliptical craters on Saturn's moo
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